spelling

Originally posted by kjelsadek

Does spelling count?

G-R-A-M-M-A-R

Ducks and runs for cover.....

My favorite misspelling, and I'm sure you've all seen it or woke up in a cold sweat worrying about it, was a power point presentation where the l was omitted from public. AND, I hate the little grammar Nazi in Word that doesn't like powerpoint as one word.

Me personally, I'm anal about spelling. It is a pet peeve of mine when people talk in "text mode" while online (personals, blogs, fb, ms, etc.). I can't even do it, or else I would give an example........like "How R U 2day" type of stuff.

One thing I am horrible with, is my overuse of comma's. I'm also bad at punctuation. For example, should the word "comma's" in the above sentence have an apostrophe?! Who knows, who cares....that's why I have my stuff proofread.....

...One thing I am horrible with, is my overuse of comma's. I'm also bad at punctuation. For example, should the word "comma's" in the above sentence have an apostrophe?! Who knows, who cares....that's why I have my stuff proofread.....

I care, and perhaps I can help.

Commas, as used in the plural sense above, don't have an apostrophe, which is used to show ownership.

The apple's price is $1.00.

APPLES(not APPLE'S)$1.00

Actual signage from our 24.7 hypermart:

Cat's that sleep well are healthier

Cats is plural, no punctuation needed.

In summary: to write about "more than one" of something, don't use punctuation. We'll cover it's and its later!

What I Really Hate: Random use of Capital Letters as though the writer works for a Publication which uses Headlines.

It's possible that such Capitalizations were being done by Someone from a primarily ethnic German Family and Grammar from the 'old Country' followed through over the Generations - IIRC, written German capitalizes all Nouns.

Also, such was the case in the earliest years of the USA's Republic. For example, read the original text of the USA Constitution.

It's possible that such Capitalizations were being done by Someone from a primarily ethnic German Family and Grammar from the 'old Country' followed through over the Generations - IIRC, written German capitalizes all Nouns.

Also, such was the case in the earliest years of the USA's Republic. For example, read the original text of the USA Constitution. ...

One of the prime offen--I mean, perpetrators opened a local thread:What does everyone do for a living? I am an Urban Planner.

Dunno about ethnic heritage. Might be Polish.

Current Language Usage does not require Capitalization of Every Single Freekin' Noun and Adjective in a Sentence.

wORse tHan thAt

dOn'T yoU HaTe RanDoM CApS? unReADabLe.

And how about quotes? My personal pet-peeve is the verbal use of the word quote for emphasis, Those Quote politicians Unquote really know how to screw up the world with their Quote bail-out Unquote packages!

“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”

And how about quotes? My personal pet-peeve is the verbal use of the word quote for emphasis, Those Quote politicians Unquote really know how to screw up the world with their Quote bail-out Unquote packages!

Ugh, seriously?! I've never seen that and would have to poke my eyes out if I did. Other than just now I mean

People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor

I would say the former is someone who knows the fundamental rules and logical principles and offers their expertise to those who seek it (and probably sometimes to those who don't), where as the latter would be someone who compulsively corrects everyone.

Edit: I just responded to a post that has been changed, so disregard if this no longer makes sense.

c. Thoroughfares shall be designed in context with the urban form and desired design speed of the Transect Zones through which they pass. The Public Frontages of Thoroughfares that pass from one Transect Zone to another shall be adjusted accordingly or, alternatively, the Transect Zone may follow the alignment of the Thoroughfare to the depth of one Lot, retaining a single Public Frontage throughout its trajectory.

On a different note, because of its academic bent, the town where I work also has more than its share of copy editors, a few of which are on our boards and committees. I think this is one of the many reasons why the planning process here takes so much longer than in other communities where I worked. Elsewhere, I'll present an element of a comp plan, and a committee will discuss its policy, Here, the copy editors and university faculty will also dig into semantics.

One copy editor that's on a few committees will take drafts of our work and reword them, often adding hyphens in compound words and terms that are normally unhyphenated. Thus, we see public-transit system, land-use plan, solar-panel array, unified-development code, and so on. They mean well, but I've devoted more time than I should to "dehyphenating"..

Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey

Oooh, two pet peeves in one paragraph! Dan, you know I love you!

Originally posted by Dan

... One copy editor that's on a few committees will take drafts of our work and reword them, often adding hyphens in compound words and terms that are normally unhyphenated. ... They mean well, but I've devoted more time than I should to "dehyphenating"...

** This person
Singular person. "They" is plural.
Could also use "the contributor" or "our humble correspondent" or, if you know it's just one person but not sure who, "s/he" (colloquial).

/rant
In grad school I submitted a paper reviewing a local community's environmental regs. Extensive paragraph quotes from the document, appropriately indented and italicized, to distinguish from my own words. My prof editorialized on my use of this stylebook, giving me a B. Um, I've worked in publishing. You have not.

I used to subscribe to a publication that had an editor who didn't edit. One particular frequent contributor wrote articles that were riddled with extra "apostrophe's" and quotation "marks" and had exclamation "point's" at the end of most declarative sentences! They all made it into print.

My current peeve is that/which. Use "that" for a restrictive clause, and "which" for a non-restrictive clause. Another way to look at it is use "that" if you need the clause in the sentence, and "which" if you could just as easily leave the clause out. E.g. I live in the house that is at the end of the street. To identify my house in the sentence you need the clause "that is at the end of the street." My house, which is red, is at the end of the street. Don't need the clause about the color, so use "which."

I used to subscribe to a publication that had an editor who didn't edit. One particular frequent contributor wrote articles that were riddled with extra "apostrophe's" and quotation "marks" and had exclamation "point's" at the end of most declarative sentences! They all made it into print.

My current peeve is that/which. Use "that" for a restrictive clause, and "which" for a non-restrictive clause. Another way to look at it is use "that" if you need the clause in the sentence, and "which" if you could just as easily leave the clause out. E.g. I live in the house that is at the end of the street. To identify my house in the sentence you need the clause "that is at the end of the street." My house, which is red, is at the end of the street. Don't need the clause about the color, so use "which."

Now you know, which is good.

You've been reading my local newspaper online!

"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?"Jeremiah 22:16

"Quote marks"

Originally posted by Otis

I used to subscribe to a publication that had an editor who didn't edit. One particular frequent contributor wrote articles that were riddled with extra "apostrophe's" and quotation "marks" and had exclamation "point's" at the end of most declarative sentences! They all made it into print. ...

A FB buddy (historical dance caller) suffered a great loss two days before Thanksgiving: his live-in GF abruptly died. With more than 800 friends, they crawl out of the woodwork to offer support on his wall. Some of it is...well, let's just say the counselors need counseling.

One of my favorites: a woman on a spin cycle who goes on and on about Trader Joe's crunchy dehydrated onions. Friend posts something about how the ten page-form for cremation is too daunting for him (he is functioning remarkably well, considering) and she'll post another comment about where he can run go buy frozen chopped onions, or freeze-dried, or... I want to slap her silly. "Onion woman, go get that form and fill it out for Friend." When she raised the issue of "was the deceased Jewish," and Jews don't do cremation, and even if she didn't practice if her mother was born Jewish she's still a Jew, and her soul would be forced to wander for eternity, and.would.not.stop, Friend finally very gently shut her down.

Another of his "supporters" is a "grief counselor" who cannot type a sentence without at least "three" sets of quotation marks. Sample:

Thanks for sharing... Interesting observation, on "making arrangements"; then, "having the individuals... NOT show! Also, on "grieving"... I'd NEVER, considered that perspective; or, nomenclature of terms... before! As to "The Hobbit", I first read the book when it came out years ago, used to be: a "subscriber" to "The Shire Post"; and own a copy... of the animated cartoon! Have enjoyed, both immensely on repeat reading and viewing. Going to "see" the THREE HOUR feature, might be "a challenge" for me... Thanks for you observations, on the movie. I won't "shout" SPOILER ALERT, as I "care not"; reading about "strengths" and "weaknesses" of the live action and CGI film, will BRING AWARENESS to me, on "what" to "watch out" for!

I want to push him "into the pyre" along with "psycho onion woman."

(On the bright side, his FB friends set up a virtual cash shower to pay for the final arrangements. What a nice thing to do.)